Attachment 122743Attachment 122741Attachment 122742
Printable View
"Under new (Canadian) management"
Forgotten: 1919
SURPMIL - superb photos. Wish I knew where all the Canadian captured booty went and is today!!!
Some more 'captured' imagery - both 08 and 08/15.
Attachment 123991Attachment 123992Attachment 123993
Where it went is easy enough as a the dispersal ledgers still exist and have been copied into the public domain. Where it all went after that is another matter - most was sent for scrap during WWII - hard to believe though it is now.Quote:
Originally Posted by MG1918
Difficult isn't it. In WWII when all our existence was under threat then essential scrap metal was vital. Melting down thousands of captured enemy MGs was probably not a difficult choice then. I know it is not the same but the millions of churches in UK who still do not have their original hundred year old plus iron railings/gates etc due to the war effort is amazing and still highly visible.
I do not all the details but Australia disposing of lots of historical weapons into the sea AFTER WWII is perhaps another story!!
Mark